Until 1887, each gate was closed before sunset and opened at sunrise. With the re-sealing of the Golden Gate, the number of operational gates was brought back to seven with the addition of the New Gate in 1887. The seven gates at the time of Suleiman were: the Damascus Gate Golden Gate Herod's Gate Jaffa Gate Lions' Gate Silwan Gate (also known as Mughrabi Gate, and now as Dung Gate) and Zion Gate. The current walls of the Old City of Jerusalem were built between 15 on orders of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who provided them with seven gates: six new gates were built, and the older and previously sealed Golden Gate was reopened (only to be re-sealed again after a few years). During the era of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1291), Jerusalem had four gates, one on each side. The gates are visible on most old maps of Jerusalem over the last 1,500 years.ĭuring different periods, the city walls followed different outlines and had a varying number of gates. This article lists the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. New Gate (Quarters: brown: Christian Quarter green: Muslim blue: Jewish pink: Armenian yellow: Temple Mount) Location of the gates of the Old City of Jerusalem: 1.
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